Posted by Bob Elmer on December 26, 2007 at 14:44:20 from (76.182.152.247):
Hi -- I'm a novelist working on a story (for Guideposts Magazine) that's set on a farm in Nebraska. Long story short, I have a 10-year-old character that's going to get in trouble driving grandpa's tractor without permission. So I'm wondering, is it possible for a kid to somehow start an old tractor -- maybe in gear? He's showing the tractor to a friend, starts it just to show off, and suddenly I have them careening off across the farm.
If that's not quite realistic, how could he start and get a tractor going, without grownup help? This character is a city kid, but could have watched his grandpa drive the tractor before.
Can anyone suggest feasible options? It's fiction, but I do want to get the details right! (And as you can tell, I'm no expert.)
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